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Please say it isn’t so

We live in a sometimes bizarre world, don’t we? Following are some headlines on news reports posted online recently by various news outlets in one single day, followed by a little brash commentary. Remember: This land is YOUR land.

Man brutally beaten on Manhattan sidewalk as people walk by(What? Was he invisible? Or did this take place in a blind alley? Have New Yorkers grown that stand-offish and insensitive to their surroundings?)

Man caught with 10 pounds of cocaine wrapped around his legs(But it didn’t help one bit to ease his aching thighs and calves.)

Health officials concerned as mumps outbreaks reported across USA(It’s a mystery as to why; perhaps it’s time for a new vaccine.)

20 million worldwide at risk of starvation, U.N. says(A ludicrous situation in this era of space-age technology.)

Baltimore boy, 4, accidentally shot by 6-year-old brother, police say(The head of household should face death by lethal injection.)

Trump’s taxes to be subpoenaed?(Yeah, well, except that this would be illegal.)

Drama in White House pressroom: Reporters clash(Guess that beats the daily melodrama in the White House pressroom.)

Lawmakers want to take away Trump’s war powers(Been there. Done that. Already tackled in 1973. It’s called the War Powers Act. Hello!?! And it doesn’t need to be revisited.)

FBI extensively used Best Buy “geek squad” for secret surveillance(So, you spooks, was that the “best” way to go about it? Guess not.)

The backlash against Bill Gates’ call for a robot tax(Well, if there’s no human worker to tax, what’s a greedy government gonna do? Go Bill!)

China building space-based laser(Prepare to be zapped.)

100 California companies interested in building Trump wall(So who says there’s no excitement surrounding the project?)